Overview

College of Arts and Sciences / College of Arts and Sciences is located in Kearney, NE, in a small setting.

Degrees & Awards

Degrees Offered

Degree	Concentration
Master of Arts in Education (MA Ed)	Science/math education
Master of Science (MS)	Biology

Degrees Awarded

Degree	Number Awarded
Master's Degrees	67

Earning Your Degree

Part-time study available?
Evening/weekend programs available?
Distance learning programs available?

Degree Requirements

Degree	Requirement
Master's Degrees	Entrance Exam GRE (for thesis option and for online program applicants if undergraduate GPA is below 2.75) Comp Exam Required Thesis Optional

Admissions

Acceptance Rate

73

Applied

67

Accepted

52

Enrolled

Applying

45

Application Fee - Domestic

Yes

Electronic
applications accepted?

Yes

Applications processed
on a rolling basis?

Application Deadlines

Type	Domestic	International	Priority date
Fall deadline	July 10th	May 10th	No
Spring deadline	November 10th	September 10th	No
Summer deadline	April 15th	January 10th	No

Entrance Requirements

Exam	Details
Master's Degree Exam	GRE (for thesis option and for online program applicants if undergraduate GPA is below 2.75)
Master's Degree Requirements	Letter of interest

International Students

Exam	Details
TOEFL: Required	TOEFL Paper score: 550 TOEFL IBT score: 79
IELTS: Required	IELTS Paper score: 6.5

Tuition & Fees

Financial Support

Financial award applicants must submit:	FAFSA
Application deadlines for financial awards	February 28
Types of financial support available	Research Assistantships Teaching Assistantships Health Care Benefits Scholarship and/or loans Graduate Assistantships Career or field-related internships Financial support for part-time students

Student Body

292

Total Graduate Students

Not Reported

International Breakout (representing other countries)

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic/Latino	6.16%
Black or African American	3.08%
White or Caucasian	83%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0.34%
Asian	3.08%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0%
Two or more races	2.4%
Unknown	1.37%

Gender

Male (30%)

Female (69%)

Faculty

18

Total faculty

Full-time - 18

Part-time - 0

Male (11)

Female (7)

Research

Focus of faculty research:	Pollution injury, molecular biology-viral gene expression, prairie range condition modeling, evolution of symbiotic nitrogen fixation, geographic information systems (GIS), molecular genetics of aging
Externally sponsored research expenditures last year:	0

Location & Contact

Address 2504 9th Avenue
Kearney, NE  68849
United States

Contact Dr. Paul Twig
Graduate Program Chair
Email: twiggp@unk.edu
Phone: 308-865-8315

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